In Italy the propensity for large letters was never relinquished.
W. H. Blaauw, Esq.
Edited by James Raine, Jun., for the Surtees Society. 8vo. Durham, 1859.
The same series of rolls contain many very interesting entries; as, for instance,—
"1393 A.D. Soluti—de 4l. 6s. 8d. sol. hoc anno fratri Willelmo Ellerker pro scriptura duorum gradalium pro choro. de 40s. solutis domino Ricardo de Styrton pro eluminacione dictorum duorum gradalium—de 22s. 7½d. solutis dicto Willelmo pro pergameno empto per ipsum Willelmum.
"A.D. 1395. Roberto Bukebinder pro ligatura unius magni gradalis pro choro ex convencione facta 10s. Eidem pro IIII. pellibus pergameni pro eadem custodiendo 20d. Eidem pro I. pelle cervi pro coopertura dicti libri 3s. 2d. Fratri Willelmo Ellerker pro pergameno 4s. Domino Ricardo de Styrton in plenam solucionem alumpnyng tryum gradalium, 40s. de 3s. 4d. solutis domino Johanni Brignale pro VIII. pellibus pergameni emptis pro magno gradali predicto."
"Domino Ricardo de Styrton pro alumpnacione magni gradalis novi in choro, 20s.